Monday, October 29, 2007

... and the brakes have been greased

How to stop a car without brakes

Further systemic risk. Jim in San Marcos comments on changes at the New York Stock Exchange, which has completed its conversion to electronic trading and has now removed some safety checks that were designed to reduce volatility in extreme conditions.
He says that a change in sentiment (perhaps initially caused by an error) could now lead to a much more rapid drop on the markets, since pension funds and investment companies are also using programmed trading.

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